GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF PUBLIC HEALTH

This course is aimed at experienced health professionals looking to build upon their knowledge, skills, and career prospects in the field of public health, this fully online course is also a pathway into the Master of Public Health.

To graduate with this qualification, a student must satisfactorily complete a total of 80 credit points. This will consist of 7 core subjects, each with a value of 10 credit points plus 1 elective subject of 10 credit points.

CORE UNITS

• PUBH6004 Leadership and Effecting Change in Public Health
• PUBH6001 Health Policy and Advocacy
• STAT6000 Statistics for Public Health
• PUBH6005 Epidemiology
• PUBH6003 Health Systems and Economics
• PUBH6002 Global and Environmental Health Issues
• PUBH6000 Social, Behavioural and Cultural Factors in Public Health

ELECTIVE UNITS

• PUBH6007 Program Design, Implementation and Evaluation
• PUBH6006 Community Health and Disease Prevention

• Identify and analyse the major social, behavioural and cultural variables and issues that affect the health of populations;
• Evaluate the effectiveness of innovative health policy and management to promote and optimise the health and welfare of various populations;
• Identify and describe environmental risk factors that affect the health and safety of a given community or population;